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The Spectacle Blog
Chuck Colson passed away today of complications of a brain hemorrhage sustained last month. He was 80.
Colson served as Chief Counsel to President Nixon. He achieved notoriety for his involvement in composing Nixon’s Enemies List and was one of the key figures in the Watergate coverup. After being charged, Colson underwent a religious conversion and because of that decided to plead guilty to obstruction of justice in the defamation of Daniel Ellsberg. Colson was sentenced to one to three years in prison and fined $5,000.
While many critics of the Nixon Administration said that Colson’s religious conversion was a ploy to get a reduced sentence, Colson spent the rest of his life through the Prison Fellowship helping prisoners and their families in the U.S. and abroad. Certainly that counts for something.
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beebop2| 4.21.12 @ 10:23PM
May I be frank?
I felt the coverup for what occurred at the Watergate complex was the true issue ( as "I never had sex" was later for Clinton). Colson was a virtual swear word. Can we have better context?
And?
Live/Die
albert constantine jr.| 4.21.12 @ 10:30PM
While working for the Committee to RE-Elect the President, it was said regarding Colson that he would run over his grandmother to get Nixon re-elected.Following his conviction and once word of his being born again was out, the pundits asked if he was willing to run over his grandmother for Nixon, how far would he be willing to go for God.
Apparently, the answer was that he was willing to go far enough to spend the rest of his life (more than 35 years) dedicated to his Ministry.
I hope he is with his grandmother, and she understands.
Kent| 4.21.12 @ 11:19PM
Chuck Colson was a great man and a humble servant. He provided a strong testimony for turning one's life over to Christ. He achieved true power only after leaving the White House, where all power is fleeting.
Soljerblue| 4.22.12 @ 7:09PM
I remember a Colson quote from a speech he gave some years after establishing his prison ministry. It struck me as completely illustrative of how his eyes must have been opened by his downfall and rising.
"The Kingdom of God," Colson said, "will not arrive aboard Air Force One."
USSAlabama| 4.22.12 @ 12:43AM
Some myths regarding Mr. Colson persist - like the saying with regard to his grandmother.
See this lovely appreciation written by Rich Lowry:
http://www.nationalreview.com/.....rich-lowry
Tweeted by Brit Hume:
Brit Hume
Was there a better contemporary example of the power of Christian redemption than the life of Charles Colson? Hard to think of one. RIP
From Cal Thomas:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion.....ck-colson/
From Billy Graham, Sen Dan Coates, and others may be seen at the Colson Center website.
Speaker Boehner tweeted:
Speaker John Boehner @SpeakerBoehner
We join the Colson family in mourning their loss & celebrating the gift that was Chuck Colson's extraordinary life.
There are many more, too numerous to post.
USSAlabama| 4.22.12 @ 12:44AM
The site address with VIP tributes included below:
http://www.colsoncenter.org/topnews/entry/44/19244
USSAlabama| 4.22.12 @ 12:49AM
Also tweeted:
John McCain @SenJohnMcCain
RIP Chuck Colson - a fine man whose life proved that there is such a thing as redemption.
Rick Perry @GovernorPerry
Today was a #BreakPoint....RIP Chuck Colson.... he was a great example of God's grace and redemption.
Chuck Swindoll @chuckswindoll
I salute my friend, brother, and fellow Marine, Chuck Colson, who “fought the good fight, finished the course, and kept the faith.”
Lee Strobel @LeeStrobel
The world has lost a brilliant, passionate, persuasive, humble servant in Chuck Colson.http://www.christianpost.com/news/chuck-colson-dies-at-80-remembered-for-dramatic-faith-conversion-life-73496/
JmsA| 4.22.12 @ 3:41AM
I'm sorry to hear of his passing. RIP, Mr. Colson.
W| 4.22.12 @ 10:00AM
Colson's was a political prosecution and persecution. The event did change his life for the better and he did a lot of good work in the prisons, much better than his Democratic persecutors. His book, "Born Again" is a terrific story.
Ambassador for Christ| 4.22.12 @ 12:04PM
Aaron is the only person at AmSpec to even mention the passing of a great Christian man, Charles Colson.
Not one Christian who authors here. That says it all.
Kudos to you, Aaron, for at least mentioning him today.
Occam's Tool| 4.23.12 @ 12:22AM
Chuck Colson's conversion was real and heartwarming. His attempts to genuinely help prisoners, as opposed to Islamic conversion efforts in prison, were decent and useful. I speak as a former prison psychiatrist. RIP, Mr. Colson. I, of course, like Aaron, am Jewish.
Al Adab| 4.23.12 @ 1:37PM
I had the privilege to know Mr. Colson in both incarnations. He became a great Christian man and through his efforts, The Kingdom prospered.
Chuck| 4.22.12 @ 1:38PM
Colson had a better post political life than any of the Clinton goons "still alive" and a way better after life no doubt.
Nathan M. Bickel | 4.23.12 @ 1:11AM
This news piece does not do justice to the life and faith of Charles Colson. Sorry to say this, as I think American Spectator is a top notch site, - but this short news piece is even worse than the one AP article which I recently and highly criticized:
Blind sighted News Media – Incapable of Reporting [Christ’s] “Redemption”
http://moralmatters.org/2012/0.....edemption/
Pastor emeritus Nathan Bickel
www.thechristianmessage.org
Yougenic | 4.23.12 @ 9:37AM
Colson, and the others who worked to re-elect Nixon, were zealots. That's not to say they were bad men - just committed. They did their jobs. Len Colaudne's (sp) "Silent Coup" accurately detailed how Nixon was out of the loop on what his men did. The break-in was John Dean's brain child - according to the book. GG Liddy confirmed the book's content as accurate and stumped for it when first released. The Democrats were running whores out the Watergate - but Nixon's foot soldiers were the criminals. They broke in to get proof. Pot - Kettle? History is re-written more and more these days. Sadly, only one group of authors gets press/famous - those aligned with Progressive Democrats. The authors of Silent Coup were Liberals themselves, but found the railroading of Nixon more than they would tolerate. Few know about this book. Curious that.
USSAlabama| 4.23.12 @ 1:24PM
Another well-done tribute to the late Chuck Colson:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/.....40560.html
Billy Graham and Franklin Graham remember Colson:
http://www.lifenews.com/2012/0.....ck-colson/